Statoil and co-venturer Exxon Mobil have announced that the Giligiliani-1 exploration well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania.<\/p>\n
The discovery of an additional 1.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in place in the Giligiliani-1 well brings the total of in-place volumes up to approximately 21 tcf in block 2.<\/p>\n
The Giligiliani-1 discovery is located along the western side of block 2 at a 2,500-metre water depth in Upper Cretaceous sandstones.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis discovery has proven the gas play extends into the western part of block 2, which opens additional prospects. Our success rate in Tanzania has been high and opening up a new area will be key to continuing our successful multi-well programme,\u201d said Nick Maden, senior vice president for Statoil’s exploration activities in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n
The rig\u00a0Discoverer Americas\u00a0will now drill the Kungamanga prospect located in the central part of block 2.<\/p>\n
The Giligiliani-1 discovery is the venture\u2019s seventh discovery in block 2. It is preceded by the five high-impact gas discoveries Zafarani-1, Lavani-1, Tangawizi-1, Mronge-1 and Piri-1, and a discovery in Lavani-2.<\/p>\n
Statoil operates the licence on block 2 on behalf of Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and has a 65% working interest. ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Tanzania Limited holds the remaining 35%. Statoil has been in Tanzania since 2007, when it was awarded the operatorship for block 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"